Why Fascism Is on the Rise in France by Ugo Palheta
LE PEN AND THE FAR RIGHT ARE CONQUERING FRANCE, AND MACRON IS PAVING THE WAY
Why Fascism is on the Rise in France is an audacious, urgent, precise and often terrifying interventionShaking off the encrustations of orthodoxy, the greasy equivocations of mainstream anti-populism, and the crudely polemical or creakily mechanistic conceptions of fascism inherited from parts of the Marxist tradition, Palheta restores rigour to antifascist thought. In underscoring 'fascisation' as a process immanent to hegemonic collapse and democratic decay, he renews Marxist theory and gives us a practical orientation in the battles to come. This is essential reading for everyone in the crosshairs of the new fascism, and everyone who wants to fight back. -- Richard Seymour, author of Disaster Nationalism
Palheta's book is a rigorous and illuminating guide into the laboratories of the French Far Right and into the socio-economic conjuncture that has boosted the fortunes of fascism. Efforts to understand the trajectories and possibilities of fascism will gain much from engaging with his work and testing the framework he has forged to study and counter new forms of authoritarianism and reaction in France and beyond. -- Alberto Toscano
Palheta's book is a rigorous and illuminating guide into the laboratories of the French Far Right and into the socio-economic conjuncture that has boosted the fortunes of fascism. Efforts to understand the trajectories and possibilities of fascism will gain much from engaging with his work and testing the framework he has forged to study and counter new forms of authoritarianism and reaction in France and beyond. -- Alberto Toscano
Ugo Palheta is currently a lecturer at the University of Lille and the co-editor of the online journal Contretemps, the main radical left journal in France . His research has focused in particular on class and racial inequalities, the social trajectories of young people from working-class backgrounds and changes in education systems. For several years he has been working on the rise of the far right and the issue of fascism: he has published several books on the subject and hosts a podcast devoted to the issues of fascism and anti-fascism. Why Fascism Is on the Rise in France has repositioned the question of fascism at the centre of intellectual debate in France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781804290958 |
| ISBN 10 | 1804290955 |
| Title | Why Fascism Is on the Rise in France |
| Author | Ugo Palheta |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2025-08-26 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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